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Letter from British Filitary Attaché to the

Japanese Army in the Pield, dated Wiroshima,

27th February, 1895.

a man was sent to the top of a hill to see what the

fleet was doing and signal the news to the Headquarters

Staff. Semaphore signalling was used, but it was a com-

plete failure. The distance was about 1 mile and there

was a high wind blowing.

We have had Lieut. Ogilvie, R.N., Admiral

Fremantle's Flag Lieutenant, with us from the 25th

January till yesterday, whan he went off on board one

of our ships.

the

It

When I last wrote, on 12th February,

first sign of surrender on the part of the Chinese at

Fei hai woi had appeared; and the Agreement was finally

signed on the 14th. Acmiral Ito was probably very

glad to grant any terms that Admiral Ting asked, pro-

vided he could thus get hold of the remainder of the

Chinese fleet without losing any of his own ships.

appears that the Amy Staff was against letting the

Chinese go away free, but the Admiral hed his way

partly from a fouling of respect for Admiral Ting and a

desire to be magnanimous towarus him, and jartly because

he was afraid that if Ting's proposed tems were not

accepted the "hinese ships would be blown up

ships handed over are the Chen-yuen, which will be

docked and examined at Port Arthur before being sent to

Japan, the Tel (or Chi)-yuen the Ping-yuon, the Fwang-

ping, and the gun boats Chen-pien Chen-chung, Chen-poh,

Chen-nan, Chen-pis, and Chan-tung.

The

The Jaj anese have

also got 3 Chinese torpedo boats (6 at ei hei wei and

2 at Port Arthur) which they consider ara repairable; but

have